Juvenile Delinquency Midterm Study Guide| 61 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

What has a temporary and short-term influence on a child's behavior? correct answer: Delinquent friends What do delinquents perceive they have fewer off? correct answer: legitimate opportunities. Do psychopathic youths act aggressively in detention centers? correct answer: yes Are race and social class better predictors of involvement in delinquency than IQ? correct answer: no What did the 1899 legislative act that formed the Illinois juvenile court define a delinquent child as? correct answer: someone under the age of 16 who violates any law of the state or any city or village ordinance What mandated that the FBI publish an annual report, which includes data on the number of crimes motivated by religious, ethnic, racial, or sexual-orientation prejudices? correct answer: Hate Crime Statistics Act 1990 What requires colleges to report campus crime data to the UCR program? correct answer: The Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act The UCR is based on the voluntary reporting of crime by law enforcement agencies to where? correct answer: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) What does social bond theory state? correct answer: the strong the bond to society, the less likely the child is to commit a crime. How many offenses are collectively called Part 1 Crimes? correct answer: seven main offenses What did law enforcement agencies create to modernized the UCR program? correct answer: National Incident-Based Reporting System According to Clifford Shaw and Henry McKay when did delinquency rates decline? correct answer: As one moves further away from the center of the city What do run-down areas create? correct answer: social disorganization What does social control theory assume? correct answer: children without controls will break the law What is collective efficacy? correct answer: mutual trust among neighbors combined with willingness to intervene on behalf of the common good, specifically to supervise children and maintain public order.